Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of 65 patients with confirmed or probable hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), New York, 1998–1999.

Characteristic	No. of patients (N = 65)
Demographic features	No. (incidence/100,000)
Age (in years)
<5	28 (2.0)
5–14	11 (0.4)
15–64	17 (0.1)
>65	9 (0.3)
Sex
Male	20 (0.2)
Female	45 (0.4)
Race
White	57 (0.3)
Black	3 (0.2)
Asian	1 (0.2)
Outcome	No. (%)
Alive	59 (91)
Dead	6 (9)
Outbreak-associated	No. (%)
Yes	15 (23)
No	50 (77)